Which pchem course should I take?

[nirm32]

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I'm currently a biochem major so I need to take 2 quarters of pchem at my school. I have the choice of taking the "pchem for engineers" series or the "pchem for bio majors" Apparently the pchem for bio majors series (CHE107A/107B) is a 2 quarter series while the one for engineers is 3. I also heard that che107a/b is pretty "watered down" and in a way, similar to gen chem. While the other pchem courses are much more intensive and math based. Should I opt for the easier pchem series? Is there a reason why I should take the harder pchem courses?

 

[Ash Ketchem]

I'm taking 107A in the Fall, I don't plan on going into chemistry for graduate school so I don't think i'll need really in depth pchem of the 110 series as we call it. I'm in Pharm Chem so I only need 107ab.

If you're looking for vigor then go for the 110abc but if you're just looking to get it out of the way and go to med school afterwards, take 107.

 

[Heday]

pchem is a pain in the butt. choose wisely. i guess if you're a masochist, you should take the "harder" one.

 

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[LMBLBM]

If you are good at calculus, I would say pchem for engineer is much easier. I used to be TA for both calculus based pchem and algebra based pchem. Solving problems and understanding pchem concept without calculus is difficult.

 

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[allantois]

No one will appreciate the harder series, no one! Unless of course you end up working in the industry.

 

[Dr. Jan Itor]

My Ph.D. is in Physical Chemistry and I really have no idea how you'd have a PChem class that is only algebra-based. If you want to actually learn PChem, I'd take the class that is calc-based. If you don't care that you're just rehashing GenChem, take the easier class.

 

[LMBLBM]

My Ph.D. is in Physical Chemistry and I really have no idea how you'd have a PChem class that is only algebra-based. If you want to actually learn PChem, I'd take the class that is calc-based. If you don't care that you're just rehashing GenChem, take the easier class.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1429231149/ref=aw_d_dsc_books?qid=1404746429&sr=8-23

This is the book we used for algebra based pchem

 

[LMBLBM]

I was assuming that the other Biology PChem course required calculus II (in my school, calculus III is multivariable calculus with vectors). I have no idea how you'd learn Pchem without any calculus at all. Wouldn't that just be like what you learned in general chemistry? But then, even in gen chem I and II, calculus I and II were prerequisites. I'd concede to LMBLBM's suggestion here. I don't think my options were the same.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1429231149/ref=aw_d_dsc_books?qid=1404746429&sr=8-23

The is the book we used for algebra based pchem

 

[Lawpy]

I'm currently a biochem major so I need to take 2 quarters of pchem at my school. I have the choice of taking the "pchem for engineers" series or the "pchem for bio majors" Apparently the pchem for bio majors series (CHE107A/107B) is a 2 quarter series while the one for engineers is 3. I also heard that che107a/b is pretty "watered down" and in a way, similar to gen chem. While the other pchem courses are much more intensive and math based. Should I opt for the easier pchem series? Is there a reason why I should take the harder pchem courses?

You don't learn pchem using only algebra. That's just nonsense. If you're in it to learn, take the harder engineer one. If you're in it only to get an A, take the bio version.

 

[Jean Luc]

I'm currently a biochem major so I need to take 2 quarters of pchem at my school. I have the choice of taking the "pchem for engineers" series or the "pchem for bio majors" Apparently the pchem for bio majors series (CHE107A/107B) is a 2 quarter series while the one for engineers is 3. I also heard that che107a/b is pretty "watered down" and in a way, similar to gen chem. While the other pchem courses are much more intensive and math based. Should I opt for the easier pchem series? Is there a reason why I should take the harder pchem courses?

For medical studies the pchem for bio majors series is perfectly adequate and you would have a much better chance to get a disent grade. Trust me you don't want to compet with engineers for an A or even a B.

 

[nirm32]

Alright guys thanks for the advice. Looks like I will be sticking with the pchem for bio majors lol

 

[Contr0lz]

Take the P-Chem for Engineers. You will learn A LOT. I'm in a summer P-Chem I class right, and I can't believe how much I have learned in the past 4 weeks. It's incredible. I don't see how a P-Chem class can be taught without calculus. If your bio major's p chem class is only thermodynamics, then I can see it being algebra based. But if it covers electrochemistry, kinetics, and Q-Mech then you will definitely need multivariable calculus and some differential equations background.

 

[gyngyn]

We really don't care.